Administrators can run the Configure vCAC Blueprint to Provision Machine to Pool workflow to create managed or unmanaged machines in vRealize Automation and add them to a specific manual desktop pool.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Log in to vRealize Automation as a tenant administrator.
  2. Add an entitlement for the delegated administrator.
    1. On the Administration tab, go to Catalog Management > Entitlements and click the item in the list for delegated administrators.
    2. Add the machine blueprint service to the Entitled Services list.
    3. If the delegated administrator is allowed to delete machines from specific pools, add a Destroy action to the Entitled Actions list. For Type, select Virtual Machine.
    4. When you are finished adding these entitlements, click Update.
  3. Log in to vRealize Orchestrator as an administrator and run the Configure vCAC Blueprint to Provision Machine to Pool workflow, located in the Horizon/Configuration folder.
    You can select the blueprint from the Blueprints folder of the IaaS host of the vCAC host.
    Some custom properties are added to the blueprint. Navigate to one of the following menu items:
    vRealize Automation Version Menu Item
    6.2.4 Infrastructure > Blueprints > Blueprints
    7.2 and later Design > Blueprints > Blueprints
    Edit the blueprint and see the custom properties on the Properties tab. If the blueprint is for a pool of unmanaged machines, you see a Credential Name property. Do not edit the ExternalWFStubs.MachineProvisioned and ExternalWFStubs.UnprovisionMachine properties. These properties indicate the IDs of the workflows.
  4. To troubleshoot an unsuccessful workflow run, in Orchestrator, you can navigate to Horizon > CoreModules > Business Logic and select the appropriate workflow to view its logs.
    Action Workflow Name
    Add managed machines. add-vcac-machine-to-managed-pool
    Add unmanaged machines. add-vcac-machine-to-unmanaged-pool
    Delete a managed machine. remove--vcac-machine-to-managed-pool
    Delete an unmanaged machine. remove-vcac-machine-to-unmanaged-pool

Results

The blueprint now appears on the Catalog tab for the delegated administrator. If the IaaS administrator has configured the blueprint so that delegated administrators can change the number of CPUs, amount of memory, and gigabytes of hard disk space for the machine, the delegated administrator can make these changes on the Request Information tab when submitting the request. The delegated administrator can also change the number of machines to provision. The delegated administrator can monitor the progress of machine creation by clicking the Requests tab.

After the request succeeds, the delegated administrator can go to the Items tab, click Machines in the left panel, and see the machine or machines listed on the right panel. The delegated administrator can click a machine name to access the actions that are available, such as Destroy. The pod and pool name are available on the Properties tab.